Improvement in trunks



ILPERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON4 D C.

UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY T. LEE, OF JERSEY CITY, NE\V JERSEY.

IMPROVEMEN Specification forming part ot' Letters P To LZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that 1, HENRY T. LEE, of Jersey City, iu the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and use- 'ul Improvement in Trunks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciiication, in which- Figure l represents a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same when open. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of one of the caps for protecting the corners, detached. Fig 4 is a perspective view ofthe saine.

Similar letters ot' reference in the several views indicate corresponding parts.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, 1 will proceed to describe it.

A represents the body of a trunk, to which the top B is attached by means of hinges, in the usual manner. Both the body and the top are made of wood and covered with thin leather. The top B is composed of two or more barrel staves, and these staves, after having been itted together, are steamed and pressed, so as to produce a swell in the middle, rectilinear edges at the ends, and rounded corners at the sides. When said edges are made in this manner, they are depressed far below the level ofthe swell in the center, and consequently are less liable to be struck in handling the trunk.

The upper edge ot' the body A of my trunk is strengthened by an iron frame, l, which l TIN TRUNKS.

atent No. 42,670, dated May 10, 1864.

extends down over the edge on the inside and outside, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The outside corner of said top edge is chamfered ott' on the front side and ends of the trunk, so as to forni an inclined plan'e, a, and the iron frame C adapts itself to this shape of thc top edge, as clearly shown in the drawings. By this arrangement the closing down ot the top ot' the trunk is considerably facilitated.

The corners of the body A ot' my trunk are strengthened and protected by solid metal corners or caps D, produced by stamping or in any other suitable manner each out of one piece of metal without a seam, and'by this application the corners are preserved from splitting open even it' the trunk should be roughly handled.

The caps used in ordinary trunks for the purpose of protecting the corners are made of sheet metal by cutting a piece of sheet metal out in the proper shape and size and bending it so as to tit the corners. Such caps have open seams and are liable to give way and allow the corner to split open when the trunk is roughly handled.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The protecting-caps D, when constructed in the manner herein shown and described, and combined with the corners ofthe trunk, as set forth.

HENRY T. LEE. Witnesses:

l). ROBERTSON.

Trios. S. J. DOUGLAS. 

